11 Questions with Alison Bologna

Alison Bologna currently co-anchors NBC 10 News Sunrise with Frank Coletta at WJAR-TV in Providence, RI.

 

Alison joined NBC 10 for the second time in 2011, and was the co-anchor of the 5:30pm & 7pm newscasts until her move to mornings yesterday. She had been a reporter for NBC 10 for almost 4 years before moving to WFXT-TV FOX 25 in Boston as an anchor and reporter in 2006. She started her career in 1998 as a producer for "Dateline NBC," and was one of the network's youngest producers in New York City. She has received many honors and awards for her journalism work, including an Emmy Award, an Edward R. Murrow Award, two Associated Press Awards, a Gracie Allen Award, an Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, and two Clarion Awards. If being an award winning news anchor wasn't enough, Alison also runs Shri Yoga, which is dedicated to building more compassionate communities through the practice of yoga. In addition, she is an aspiring interior designer.

 

Alison recently graduated on the dean's list from Harvard University in her second Master's degree in English. Before that she graduated with honors from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism outside of Chicago.

 

1. What kind of phone do you have, and what are your favorite apps?

 iPhone 6

 

 Favorite app: Waze

 

2. Favorite and least favorite news topics to cover (besides violent crime)?

 Favorite... education and food features

 

 Least... car accidents and city council meetings... lol!

 

3. If you weren't working in TV news, what would you be doing?

  The list is too long... but some of it I already do, which includes running my nonprofit organization which funds free yoga outreach programs in schools, shelters, recovery centers, hospitals and more! I’m also a design freak... I would love to go to RISD next... hmmm...

 

4. What was your favorite cartoon growing up?

 I don’t have one  How did that happen?

 

5. When you have 30 minutes of free-time, how do you pass the time?

 Email Maintenance.  Sad but true.

 

6. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go and why?

 I’m headed to Colombia in a few months with one of my best friends – can’t wait!

 

7. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?

 Dan Jaehnig.  Kidding.  Sort of.

 

8. Do you collect anything?

 Art.

 

9. What are the top 3 played songs on your iPod?

 I’m too embarrassed to answer this question

 

10. What is one of your favorite quotes?

 “Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

 

11. What was the last experience that made you a stronger person?

 Teaching a yoga class to 50+ middle school girls in a Providence school after the fire alarm went off... oh yeah...

 

More about Alison Bologna

 TurnTo10.com Bio

 Shri Yoga Studio

 Alison Bologna Design

Alison on Twitter

Alison on Facebook

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